Masters of Darkness III


Masters of Darkness III is an anthology of horror short works edited by Dennis Etchison, the third and last in the "Masters of Darkness" series. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in May 1991. It was gathered together with the previous two volumes of the series into the omnibus anthology The Complete Masters of Darkness issued by Underwood-Miller in the same year.
The book collects fifteen novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an "author’s note" after each story and a general preface by the editor.

Contents

  • "Preface"
  • "The Secret"
  • "The Patter of Tiny Feet"
  • "The Tenant"
  • "Hallowe'en's Child"
  • "After the Funeral"
  • "But at My Back I Always Hear"
  • "The Whisperer"
  • "Doppelgänger"
  • "The Master of the Hounds"
  • "Judgment Day"
  • "In the Hills, the Cities"
  • "Jamboree"
  • "Family"
  • "Twilight of the Dawn"
  • "The Woman in the Room"